Royal visits - HM The Queen visits St Mary and St Pancras Primary School - HRH Prince Charles reopens Jewish Museum following its £10m refit
Published: 16 December 2010
by JOSIE HINTON
THERE was a double royal visit to Camden this week as both the Queen and Prince Charles made separate stops in the borough.
On Thursday, the Queen visited St Mary and St Pancras Primary School in Somers Town for a tour of the Polygon Road school.
She was treated to a rendition of Consider Yourself from the musical, Oliver!
Ten-year-old Jessica Johnson presented the Queen with a handmade Christmas stocking before she went on to visit three classrooms to hear readings from the Bible.
St Mary and St Pancras headteacher Sheila McCalla-Gordon said: “It was amazingly special and I’m so proud of the children.
“We knew she was coming in March but we had to stay quiet until three weeks ago, which was difficult.
“The children have been practising since they came back to school in September, and the quality of their performances was a testament to our teaching in performance arts, which is one of our strengths.”
On Tuesday, Prince Charles was in Camden Town to visit the Jewish Museum in Albert Street.
The Prince, a patron of the museum, stopped on a tour to smell a pot of chicken soup, which is one of the exhibits in a display showing a typical East End Jewish family home at the turn of the century.
He was there to officially open the museum after a £10million facelift.
He met historian Simon Schama and other patrons including BBC creative director, Alan Yentob.